Three Saint-Malo inmates jailed over drone delivery of cannabis
In October 2026 three inmates at the Saint-Malo detention centre received cannabis, SIM cards and a mobile phone by drone. Tried under the guilty-plea procedure after police custody, they were convicted and given firm prison terms of 6 to 10 months.
🇫🇷 Maison d’arrêt de Saint-Malo, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine · France
In October 2026, three inmates of the Saint-Malo detention centre in
Ille-et-Vilaine received a drone delivery carrying cannabis, SIM cards and a
mobile phone.[1]The delivery took place one night in October, when the three
inmates received the cannabis, SIM cards and mobile phone by drone.[1]
After being placed in police custody, the three men were tried under the
guilty-plea procedure (comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité).[1]They were convicted and received firm prison terms of 6 to 10 months.[1]The report sets the case against about 5,000 drone overflights or
parcel-delivery attempts recorded at French prisons in 2025.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Charged
3
Prison
6 to 10 months firm
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Region
Brittany
Date
Approximate
Sources
Ouest-Franceouest-france.frFRIls se font livrer drogue, carte SIM et téléphone portable par drone à la prison de Saint-Malo, trois détenus condamnés
Open questions the AI reported
No exact night in October 2026 is given for the drone delivery; 15 October 2026 is used as a mid-month stand-in.
No cannabis weight or value was published, so no seizure figure can be recorded.
The 6-to-10-month range is reported without individual sentences for each of the three inmates.
No names or ages of the three inmates were given in the accessible text.
No separate account of this October 2026 case was found after searching in French and English; most of the article sits behind a paywall.
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